Exploitation Summary
CVE-2023-5863 has a Nuclei detection template available — see the Nuclei card below for the Shodan/FOFA recon queries.
Description
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in GitHub repository thorsten/phpmyfaq prior to 3.2.2.
Nuclei Templates (1)
phpMyFAQ < 3.2.0 - Cross-site Scripting
MEDIUMVERIFIEDby ctflearner
Shodan:
http.html:"phpmyfaq"
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://huntr.com/bounties/fbfd4e84-61fb-4063-8f11-15877b8c1f6f
Scores
CVSS v3
6.1
EPSS
0.0111
EPSS Percentile
61.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Products (2)
phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq
< 3.2.2
thorsten/phpmyfaq
0 - 3.2.2Packagist
Published
Oct 31, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026